>>1286722
2.0 will always be very special in terms of how much it changed the overall game direction, really showed how fast they improved within a year. Even if later areas are thematically more connected and look visually more stunning, they can never recreate that essence of wonder like they did with 2.0 again.
2.1 sucked tbqh, the only saving grace was the fishing minigame which i agree should get an expansion of. Story wise it was a nothing burger and there weren't any big "for you" moments either
2.2 was a massive leap in story quality. Everything about it except for the exploration and the story puzzle was very kino, and despite Aerover playing like ass, seeing the moveset leaks of Aerover for the first time was still kino as fuck
2.3 was also kind of a step down similar to 2.1. Zani's companion quest was disappointing and Ciakong's quest was a decent surprise but thats mostly because its an intermission/ segue that we have right now disguised as a companion quest
2.4 was also not bad (aside from the fellow warrior bullshit) though I wish there was more you time with carty, same kinda goes for lupa as well but at least we get drunk sex after the main story. It was also the only time where the story split felt like it was planned for, part 1 ended with a lot of mystery that created interesting story discussions during the waiting process
2.5 was also pretty good story wise as well, showed that rover isn't as perfect and also made me cried multiple times when listening to Reveries in the Crimson Beyond the following days after completing the story, everything else in that patch was whatever
2.6 is weird: I both like it but also don't really enjoy other parts of it. Augusta's story was very good and started showing signs of PGR in the story but it felt very self-contained and didn't let you speculate further into Iuno's story which made the waiting felt awkward and redundant. Iuno's one was good in the for (you) department but didn't necessarily build on concepts from Augusta's story so just felt like another self-contained story.
2.7 is probably my personal favorite, they managed to group a lot of the characters and concepts together from 1.0 and 2.x together to create a hopechad kino finale for the rinascita arc, showing how far they've come from the random Avenger's moment at the end of 1.0 . Chasing Daylight is such a good hopechad song as well.
2.8 despite not being a rinascita arc is also noteworthy as well, the cutscene camera shots, music and for you moments have received such massive upgrades that I'm really looking forward to 3.0 now. And man I really hope previous characters get that same treatment as well whenever we get to see them again
>>1288711
2.0 was the most time i've spent in a single wuwa session. I know that 3.0 won't capture that essence again but I do hope that they deliver it to the best of their abilities.